...but darn close to it. This game had a lot of really neat and innovative ideas that, in the end, just don't come together to form a good gameplay experience. The gameplay is somewhere in between Tribes, Warcraft, and at times even Metal Gear. Only, by "in between" I really mean "composed of all the worst parts of". Sloppy shooting mechanics, half implemented RTS features, and some stealth sequences so awful that they will make you cry. The MP fits right in with the rest of the half arsed execution of the game, and good luck even playing it on anything other than a LAN as the netcode is super shoddy.
So then, why doesn't this game get a 1 star? The answer: The humor. The humor in the storyline and ingame cutscenes is very British and often hilarious. It is just too bad that the rest of the game is such a mess.
Bottom line: Some interesting concepts that don't even come close to coming together to make a good game.